Improvement in emery polishing-sticks



' a To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGEO. TAFT, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT m EME Rl l POLISHING-STICKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,384, dated May 30,1871.

Beit known that I, GEORGE O. TAFT, of the I a city and county ofWorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented an ImprovedPolishing-Stick for holding sand or emery papet or emery- 10th, of whichthe following is a specification:

Nature and Object of my Invention. My invention consistsinso formingemery polishing-sticks, whichI render adhesive, as

described hereaftenibr the ready attachment of stripsof emery cloth orpaper and sandpaper, by wetting thesurface of the stick thus prepared,which constitutes an article of com- "merce, which will enable artisansto practice economy in these indispensable materials.

General Description. In using sand-paper and emery-cloth it is a commonpracticewith pattern-makers, &c., to wrap a piece looselyaround a stripof wood or iron in order to apply it evenly to the surface to besmoothed. In like manner it is a v customwith machinists and otherworkers in metals to wrap a strip of emery-paper or emerycloth looselyaround a file or other likeagent' prior to applying it to the surface tobe polished. In both cases the paper or cloth is rapidly worn away ortorn, and the surface removed, owing to thelooseness of the wrappings.In myinvention I afford a remedy for this rapid destruction of thesand-paper and emery-cloth by preparing and applying a coating to thesurfaces of my polishing-sticks of gum, glue, mucilage, orotherequivalent cements in the same way as other adhesive materials areprepared; the polishing-sticks thus coated being sold as articles ofcommerce, and are always in a condition for immediate at tachment ofemery paper or cloth and sandpaper by simply wetting the surface of thepolishing-stick thus prepared and applying strips of emery cloth orpaper or sand-paper to the gum or prepared surfaces ofthe pol--ishing-sticks under a slight pressure, being all that is necessary toeffect the required adhesion. Sand or emery paper or emery-cloth willlast much longer when cemented to the polishing stick so prepared thanwhen it is wrapped loosely to the same. My invention, therefore, effectsa ready means of efiectin g the desired attachment and of exercisingeconomy in the use of the materials.

Claim.

A new article of manufacture and commerce,

consisting in polishing-sticks rendered adhesive, as herein set forthand described;

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

. Q GEO. O. TAFT. I

Witnesses:

JAMES H. BANGROFT, GEo. O. TAFT, Jr.

